The decentralization of organizational decision authority has been shown to be complementary to Information Technology (IT) in prior research. We draw from the information processing view of organizations, the IT and de/centralization debate, and organizational learning theory to argue that IT...

The trajectories of internationalisation followed by family firms can be viewed from several theoretical approaches: phases and models of the internationalisation process; international entrepreneurship, the sociological perspective and family business theory. A historical perspective of...

This working paper examines the evolution of concepts of the responsibility of business in a historical and global perspective. It shows that from the nineteenth century American, European, Japanese, Indian and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of business beyond making...

The Tokugawa Era of Japan is known for its domination by the shogunate, or warrior bureaucracy. While samurai capture the popular imagination, the merchant class of this era was changing their cultural narrative as well. The regime, officially Neo-Confucian, considered trade a vulgar and...

Research about Matthew Boulton in recent years indicates that the background for his business product development was based not only on management plans for his steam engine, but also on cultural factors and new global businesses, e.g. coinage. The Bank of England launches a new ’50 note in...

Es este un breve recorrido por la vida de Juan Gonzalo Restrepo Londoño,quien además de tener la fortuna de crecer en el seno de una familia tradicional antioqueña, fue haciéndose portador de invaluables conocimientos que le permitirían engranarse exitosa mente en la maquinaria empresarial...

This paper aims to develop an analytical perspective on the link between urban growth and industrial development. This historical and economic perspective is based on the works of A. and M. MARSHALL, P. BAIROCH and A.D. CHANDLER. We show how their works offer a new perspective to explain the...

Семейный бизнес являл собой основной экономический фактор в Российской империи. Эта статья иллюстрирует его значимость и проблемы, связанные с эффективностью...

The purpose of the paper is to fulfill and to refine the role of consultancy and professional bodies in dissemination of management innovations in the Inter- and Postwar Period that was in these days scientific management in Europe. The proposition is set upon the case of French consultancies...